DELL PowerEdge R640 1U Rack Server 2x Xeon Gold 6148 20-Core 2.4GHz 256GB DDR4

Dual-socket 1U compute node

The PowerEdge R640 packs two Xeon Gold 6148 20-core processors at 2.4 GHz with 3.7 GHz turbo into a 1U rack chassis. It ships with 256 GB of DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory across eight 32 GB modules. A PERC H730P 2 GB controller manages SAS and SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and pass-through modes. Dual 750 W platinum power supplies and iDRAC9 Enterprise remote management complete the dense scale-out platform.

Suits virtualisation clusters and database nodes

This server fits workloads that need high core counts, redundant power and integrated 10 GbE plus 1 GbE networking in a single rack unit. Buyers who need more than 24 DIMM slots or more than 3 TB of memory should look at larger platforms. Environments requiring only a single processor or non-redundant power will find the configuration overspecified. The 2.5-inch drive bays limit raw capacity compared with 3.5-inch alternatives.

256 GB DDR4 2666 MHz registered ECC memory

The installed 256 GB across eight 32 GB modules occupies eight of 24 slots and runs at 2666 MHz. This capacity and speed combination determines how many virtual machines or database instances the node can support before a memory upgrade is required.